Chapter 477 Strike First
Chen Yang picked up the phone and dialed Li Hui. Within a few words, Li Hui agreed to come to the office.
Putting down the phone, Chen Yang said to Su Ya and Liu Ran, "Let's wait a moment. Professor Li will be here soon."
Su Ya and Liu Ran looked at Chen Yang in surprise.
Professor Li Hui was stubborn and listened to no one, insisting on resigning. Yet, with one phone call from Chen Yang, he agreed to come.
Did Chen Yang have such great personal charm?
Soon, Li Hui entered the office with his glasses on. He didn't sit down. First, he bowed to Chen Yang. Then, Professor Li said, "Mr. Chen, I am truly sorry, but I must resign this time."
"However, rest assured, the team will continue to stay at the research institute, and the subsequent R&D plan will not be affected in any way."
"I guarantee it. I have informed the several assistants who are with me about all the R&D content and potential difficulties. They will be able to complete our company's progress according to the plan one hundred percent. Please don't worry."
Chen Yang shook his head and said to Li Hui, "Professor Li, I am not concerned about the progress of drug development at all right now. I just want to ask if you have been threatened again?"
Li Hui was stunned and quickly shook his head. "No, no, I just want to resign."
Chen Yang smiled, then walked over and sat Professor Li Hui down on the sofa. Chen Yang said, "Professor Li, I know what kind of person you are. This resignation must be related to Miss Mei Youli, right?"
"I think on this matter, you can stand with our Yang Yang Yang Company. The two ladies next to me, they just heard about your situation with Mei Youli and are both angry at your foolishness."
Li Hui was startled and looked up. "I... I am foolish?"
Su Ya immediately stood up and glared at Li Hui. "Of course, you are foolish! Are you going to separate for more than ten years just because you care about reputation? Look at how old you are, how many years do you have left to spend with Miss Mei Youli?"
"She waited until she was over forty and unmarried for you. How can you not cherish her?"
"Every minute and second of your remaining time is rare and precious. Do things like reputation really matter that much?"
Liu Ran also nodded and said, "Professor Li, even if we take a step back, you and Miss Mei Youli might not be punished. As long as you dare to make your story public, I believe most people will stand on your side."
Professor Li looked at Liu Ran and the two others, and suddenly tears streamed down his face. He shook his head and said, "No, it's not like that. I don't care about my reputation. I'm about to retire, and I've achieved success."
"But Xiao Li cannot. Xiao Li has a long future ahead of her, and she genuinely loves this field. If because of me, she can never enter the pharmaceutical R&D circle, then what meaning will her life have?"
Liu Ran smiled and said, "Professor Li, I can guarantee you here that whether it's you or Miss Mei Youli, even if you are condemned, fired, or punished and cannot enter the pharmaceutical R&D circle, our Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Company's R&D center will always be open to you."
"Moreover, I guarantee that if you are truly banned from the pharmaceutical R&D circle, our company will invest heavily to make our R&D center the world's leading pharmaceutical R&D company."
"From now on, you will be the pharmaceutical R&D circle! You will be the center of the world!"
"You don't have to worry about others not accepting you or excluding you. You are the stage, you are the core!"
"We, Yang Yang Yang Company, are willing to work hard to build a large pharmaceutical enterprise and a strong R&D center for you and Miss Mei Youli."
Su Ya also nodded and said, "Yes, Ms. Liu is right. Professor Li, what are you afraid of? Even if the whole world stands against you two, our entire staff at Yang Yang Yang Company are your family, your support, and your backing. What is there to fear?"
Hearing Liu Ran and Su Ya's words, Li Hui suddenly burst into tears. He tremblingly took out his phone from his pocket and said, "Mr. Chen, you are right. I received a threatening message. The sender told me I must resign from Tiancheng Pharmaceutical R&D Center today."
"And within three days, I must transfer five million to an overseas account. If I don't agree, he will expose my relationship with Mei Youli and let the whole world know that Mei Youli is a student who seduced her teacher."
Chen Yang took the phone and looked at the message. He narrowed his eyes and said with a cold smile, "This message is eighty to ninety percent likely to be from the Yang family, right?"
Liu Ran heard this and also stood up to look at the phone. She said, "The Yang family? Didn't the Yang family go bankrupt? They are currently under investigation and are in a mess. How could they possibly send such a message to Professor Li?"
"Moreover, their demand for Professor Li to resign doesn't make much sense. The Yang family's pharmaceutical factories have already shut down. They shouldn't have any grievances with Professor Li now."
Chen Yang chuckled and said, "I guess it must be that Yang Long kid who is short of money, so he wants to squeeze something out of Professor Yang."
"As for forcing Professor Li to resign, it's purely malicious. He doesn't want Professor Li to work for our pharmaceutical company and wants to disrupt our pharmaceutical company's progress."
"Now, this is the only thing he has that has value, so he's taking the opportunity to get five million for himself."
Li Hui sighed and said, "No matter who sent it, I am now facing a choice: either surrender, or risk Mei Li's reputation for the rest of her life."
Chen Yang looked at the message, thought for a moment, and then smiled. He said to Liu Ran, "Wife, I have an idea."
Liu Ran looked at Chen Yang, and her eyes lit up. She said to Chen Yang, "I know, you mean, should we announce Professor Li's relationship first?"
Chen Yang laughed heartily. "We are indeed a couple, our minds are connected. Yes, that's exactly what I mean."
Liu Ran's face turned red again. She glared at Chen Yang and said, "What are you talking about? So many people are here. However, if we choose to announce it, it might also get Professor Li into trouble and Miss Mei Youli into public criticism."
Su Ya nodded and said, "Yes, even if we announce the news, but if he, as a mentor, is truly in love with his female student, many people's first reaction will be opposition, scorn, and keyboard warriors' attacks."
"So we still need to find a way to explain their story, but it's quite difficult to explain it clearly."
Chen Yang listened to Liu Ran and Su Ya's words and laughed. He said, "Have you forgotten? We had previously planned the future business of Yang Yang Yang Company."
"The Chuhan development project was an accident. Before the Chuhan development project, we had planned two business areas for the company: one was filming web dramas, using the influence of film and television to increase the brand awareness of our Yang Yang Yang Company."
"The other was to enter the pharmaceutical industry and launch a major health project!"
"And now is a very good opportunity. I think we can use Professor Li's situation as a starting point, as the beginning of our film and television business."
Liu Ran asked strangely, "Film and television business? Do you mean we are going to make a movie based on Professor Li and Mei Youli's story? But the other party will expose it in three days. Even if our movie is released, it will take at least a year, which seems too late."
Chen Yang waved his hand and said, "Our first work will not be a movie, but a very, very small micro-film."
"We want to let people all over the country know that in today's society, there is a kind of love that can endure for more than ten years without seeing each other, a love that can tolerate each other for the sake of the other, cross time, disregard fame and fortune, enjoy solitude, and endure loneliness! We want to promote this spirit of love."
"This first film will be the beginning of Yang Yang Company's film and television business."